McLaren Flint News

McLaren Central Michigan, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, has expanded access to preventive heart care with the rollout of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring, a noninvasive imaging proced...

June is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, an important reminder to check in on your mental health. PTSD is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing trauma....

For more than 25 years, students from the Genesee Intermediate School District's (GISD) Transition Center have supported retail nutritional services staff in McLaren Flint’s cafeteria. Over the pas...

Mom Power is a 10-week, 13-session, manualized, evidence-based group program developed by the Zero to Thrive program through the University of Michigan. It is based on attachment theory, which teac...

Nathan Ayers, Physician Assistant (PA), surgical services is being recognized as McLaren Flint's Allied Health Professional of the Second Quarter. Ayers has been with McLaren Flint since 2002, and ...

McLaren Flint hospitalist Dr. Prajesh Patel is the hospital's Physician of the Second Quarter Recipient. Dr. Patel joined our team in 2008 and has been considered an anchor to the Flint academic ho...

Congratulations to our May Outstanding Employee of the Month, Pam Stewart, unit clerk, Flint ER. Colleagues consider Pam a valuable member of the emergency department team, which she has been part ...

A spirit of courage and community filled the stands of Comerica Park during the 14th Annual Pink Out the Park. The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , McLaren Health Care and the Detroit Tigers...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , in partnership with McLaren Health Care and the Detroit Tigers, welcomed thousands of fans to the second annual All Cancer Awareness Night during Strike ...

Two years ago, McLaren Flint launched its Lung Nodule Program, supported by physician specialists and new technology, to help catch lung cancer at earlier stages and save more lives. The two initia...

Dr. Shekha Nelliadi spends her days keeping the youngest among us healthy. But in the fall of 2025, the 32-year-old pediatrician wound up in a doctor’s office looking for answers about her own heal...

McLaren Flint celebrated with four Genesee Career Institute (GCI) students at a signing day ceremony, held the week of May 11. Instead of honoring athletic achievements, these signing ceremonies ho...

Holly Watters, RN, a caregiver on the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU), is the 2026 Margaret McLaren Nursing Excellence Award Winner.  McLaren Flint honored 20 caregiver nominees and two l...

Hot flashes. Night Sweats. Sleep disturbances. Mood changes. Weight gain. These are the things that typically come to mind when menopause comes up. But wait; there’s more. Menopause can take a toll...

When Jodi Peterman’s routine mammogram showed calcifications in her breast that weren’t on her screening the year before, her next step was to get a biopsy. “I had LCIS (lobular carcinoma in situ),...

On the evening of March 11, Ashley Oros went to bed with blurry vision. When she woke up the next day, her eyesight was back to normal. “I had a headache all that next day at work,” said Ashley. “A...

Congratulations to our April Outstanding Employee of the Month, Jack Jones, RN. Jack is part of the hardworking ICU team and is known for doing more than his fair share to help out his teammates th...

McLaren Flint Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab team members celebrated achieving another first in Genesee County on April 23, 2026.  They provided assistance and patient care alongside Dr. Abdul ...

At a regular visit to his primary care doctor, John Seaman mentioned that he’d been suffering from headaches. “I thought they would go away, so I didn’t really want to do anything about it,” John s...